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The Myth of the Witches
Episode 3 of 5
Boiling up trouble for the would-be king in their cauldron, how did the witches become part of the myth? Stars Liam Brennan.
The three witches boiling up trouble for the would-be king in their cauldron on the heath is one of the most famous and familiar dramatic images from Shakespeare's Macbeth.
But the witches didn't exist in the real Macbeth's time so how and why did they become part of the myth?
Liam Brennan stars as MacBeth with members of The National Theatre of Scotland.
Producer: Pennie Latin
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in 2007
Last on
Thu 4 Apr 2019
03:45
大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra
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